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Sky is to resist an attempt by the Government to stop it from charging £10
million a year in fees to the BBC and other public service broadcasters to
carry their channels on its services.

Ed Vaizey, the Culture Minister, said the fees should be dropped and hinted
that the Government might legislate to remove them if Sky insisted on
continuing to charge them.

He told the Oxford Media Convention yesterday: “We’re not going to rush into a
regulatory solution because I believe there’s no reason the market should
not be able to work out a fair, equitable solution.